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Review: Simbrix
Simbrix is another product Rebecca and I are reviewing this fall as part of her “continuing education.” It was sent to us by Timberdoodle in exchange for our honest review. You can probably tell from the pictures what it is, but I’m going to talk about it anyway. I’m sure you’ve seen (and maybe played with) the fusible beads that…
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Letter the Promises (and a mini tutorial)
This month I’m participating in a creative challenge on Instagram, hosted by Krystal Whitten, to “letter the promises.” Krystal provided a list of Bible promises, one for each day of the month of September for us to hand-copy in whatever style we like. Originally, I had thought I might do some in the margins of my journaling Bible– and I have…
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Vintage Trailer Makeover Progress
We’ve made a lot of progress on our vintage trailer makeover this past week. We still have a lot to do, so I don’t have a cutesy “reveal” photo yet, but I wanted to show you all the hard work Lyle has been doing. Our first project was to fix the floor. You can’t tell from the picture, but much…
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A Walk Through the Neighborhood
I’ve been wanting to give you a tour of my immediate neighborhood, so you could visualize the setting when I talk about the view from my front porch or down my street. To make it easier to explain where everything is, I thought I’d draw you a little map. (This is a very primitive effort with my new drawing pad.…
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One Sentence a Day – August
A recap of August in one sentence a day… and a few pictures. Monday, August 1. Porch-sittin’ in the evening has become one of my favorite summer [in]activities. Tuesday, August 2. Played around a little bit with graphic design. Wednesday, August 3. Celebrated Lyle’s birthday with take-out pizza and an evening at home. Thursday, August 4. Sometimes it’s just good…
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Vintage Trailer Makeover Begins
We still haven’t decided how extensively we are going to remodel the old trailer we bought last week. It really does need a lot of work, but we think it will be usable without a complete overhaul, so that’s our first objective–to get it to where we can at least use it for the basics. The first order of business…
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Reading Lately
Here are some books I’ve been reading lately that fit into the 2016 Reading Challenge. This post includes affiliate links. Click on the book covers if you are interested in reading more about it on Amazon. A book with a one-word title: Freefall by Kristen Heitzmann. I especially enjoyed the Hawaiian setting since some friends of ours spent 2 weeks in…
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Vintage Trailer Project
I’ve thought for a long time that it would be fun to get a run-down vintage travel trailer and fix it up. I mean, have you seen some of the darling trailers on Pinterest? Lyle didn’t exactly share my vision. Don’t get me wrong. He loves having a trailer. He just wasn’t all that enthusiastic about the idea of a…
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Review: Puzzleball Globe
The Puzzleball Globe is an actual globe and yet an actual jigsaw puzzle. It comes with a stand so you can display it when you're done, or it can be taken apart and returned to the box to be reassembled any number of times.
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Guest Post: Take Me to the Fair!
It’s fair week. The North Idaho State Fair in Coeur d’Alene is a big deal around these parts. Almost everybody takes the time to go. Due to my recent aversion to crowded situations I probably won’t try to go this year, but the rest of my family is looking forward to it. My nieces and nephews will have 4-H entries.…
